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UNITED STATES PAT ENT OFFICE.

BUTTON.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented. May 14, 1907.

Application filed January 20. 1906. Serial No 296,923.

To (all whom it natty concern:

Be it known that I, EDWIN M. S'rRAuss, a citizen of the United States of America, re siding at Chicago, in the county of ook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improven'ients in Buttons, of which the following is a spiu'i'lication.

My invention relates to improvements in buttons and is fully describcd and explained in this specification and shown in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved button; Fig. 2 is a perspective view showing the same in process of being ap )lied to a coilar; Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the button, and Fig. 4 is a section in the line 4.4 of Fig. 3.

Referring to the drawings, A, is a base which is ,referably substantially flat as shown in tie drawings, the said base being of sufiicient diameter to prevent its ready removal from the buttonhole and being suiiicientiy thin to permit it to be inserted through the buttonhole as will hereafter be set forth.

13, indicates the head of my improved button, the same being supported by a suitable neck, 5, adapted to receive one or more of the thicknesses of the articles of apparel With which the button is used.

(3, is a spiral connection between the neck and base. In the form of the device herein illustrated the lower portion of the spiral, U, is bent into circular form, as shown at c, which is soldered or otherwise secured to the flat base, the connection in the form illustrated making one turn about the eriphery of the base, and in contact tihereviith. Thereafter the connection makes one spiral turn, 0, the upper end of this turn being bent toward the center of the button at o to support the neck, I).

In the use of my improved button, the buttonhole is first opened very slightly, as

illustrated in Fig. 2, and the base is thrust edgewiso through the buttonhole the base remaining ruibsiantiall parallel to the matcrial in which the hole is formed. In inserting the base, it wili be obvious that that portion thereof opposite to the point from which springs the spiral, 0 Will be first inserted, so that the entire base, with the ception of the extreme edge, can be slid through the buttonholc and underneath the fabric without substantial distortion of the fabric. Thcrcupon only a very slight bend of the fabric is necessary to spring the entire base beneath the fabric whereupon a half turn of the button will bring the head into a synnnetrical position with respect to the hole and the natural spring of the spiral will hold the button in proper position with res set to the hole. After the base is passed through the first thickness of fabric in this manner the head can be passed through other buttonhoies in the ordinary way.

My button is articularly ar'lX- antngeous by reason of the act that it grips the fabric quite firrnly regardless of the size or dimensions of the buttonholc, so that it can be used with a badly Worn or torn buttonhole, as well as with a perfect new one.

I claim The combination with a substantially flat circular base, of a spiral springing from a point on the periphery thereof, and extend ing u wverd and terminating above the center 0 the base, and a head of smaller diameter than. the base supported by the upper end of said spiral.

In witness whereof I have signed the above application for Letters Patent at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, this 16th day of January, A. D. 1906.

EDWIN M. STRAUSS.

Witnesses:

Guns. 0. Snnnvnr K. M. QGRNWALL. 

